- The US is number 1 in the world in social spending as a percent of GDP. (Includes the value of tax expenditures as well as direct public spending,) (HT: Tyler)
- The case for school choice: results from Florida.
- About 40% of the 70 million people enrolled in Medicare meet the clinical definition of obesity.
- The federal government’s Medicaid spending in California is more than the general fund budget of every other state.
Category: Health Insurance
Single Payer is an Issue in California Governor’s Race
What are the differences between Single Payer, Medicare for All and Universal Coverage? Universal coverage is merely a system where everyone is covered. Obamacare was supposed to be universal coverage because it initially included an individual mandate. Medicare is a type of universal coverage for seniors. Medicare for All would expand eligibility down from age 65 to 0. Medicare for All would require the federal government to expand the program, with states playing a supporting role. It would not necessarily be the same program that exists today, except in name.
We can’t afford to let Democrats lead health care ‘reform’
The battle over Big Insurance is only beginning. If Republicans fail to lead, Americans may once again be left with Democrats’ same failed formula: more bureaucracy, more complexity and less control.
Friday Links – 8 May 2026
- “I’ve spent the past two months diving into the numbers. What I found was the most blatant waste of federal dollars that I have encountered in my two decades as an investigative reporter.”
- As of last April, 35 states and the District of Columbia had some form of certificate of need mandate in place.
- More than 40% of the overall increase in health expenditures in recent years has gone to the hospitals.
- CEA on Trump’s MFN drug program: “Over 10 years, total savings are expected to reach $64.3B, with $36.6B accrued to the federal government, and $27.6B to state governments.”